Manon

Manon (1981)

マノン

A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at the mercy of her.

Date of release
1981-09-26
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
Yōichi Higashi

Casting

Interesting facts

Manon is a 1981 Japanese drama film directed by Yōichi Higashi and co-written by Higashi with Akiko Tanaka. The film is based on the 18th century French novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. It tells the story of Mitsuko, a trainee at a theater company who is sexually involved with two different men: one a wealthy loan shark, the other a penniless college student. The film stars Setsuko Karasuma in the lead role, in addition to Masahiko Tsugawa, Kōichi Satō, Takeshi Kitano and Hiroko Isayama. Ichiro Araki composed the film's score, in addition to playing the role of Yoshino. Its theme song is "Don't Wait for the Big Bird" by the Japanese rock band Tensaw.

Background

Lead actress Karasuma played the title character in Higashi's previous film Shiki Natsuko (1980). Kōichi Satō was 21 years old at the time of filming, and had made his film debut earlier the same year in The Gate of Youth.

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